Braid-binder.



J. P. LEGERE.

BBAID BINDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 3.191s.

1,225,881 9 Patented May15,1917.

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ASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD LANE AND JOHN PHILIP LEGERE,

BOTH OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRAIID-BIN DE R.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1191?.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, J GEN PHILIP LEGERE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leominster, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Braid-Binder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a binder for use on a braid of hair.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a simple means involving practically no expense for accurately holding the device on the braid, and to provide said means in such form that it is durable and not likely to get out of order as long as the braid binder is otherwise in condition for use. Another object of the invention is to provide simple means for attaching a bow.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the braid binder constructed in accordance withthis invention, and

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same showing the braid of hair in section, and also showing in dotted lines the open position of the device.

Several devices have been invented and used for attachment to a depending braid of hair for use either for an ornament or for a ribbon holder. These have usually been faulty on account of the fact that they had no positive means for keeping the device in horizontal position, but were likely to tip over at one end or the other. They have been made also in such manner that any one of said articles was useful only as an ornament in itself or as a ribbon holder, whereas I find that the same article can serve both uses at different times.

Referring to the drawings it .will be seen that the invention is shown in the form of a back member A which is of convex form so as to receive the braid of hair in the cavity in itself, and which, in itself constitutes a hair ornament without the attachment of a ribbon or other device. At the same time it is provided with two openings a at its ends through which ribbons can be secured and tied on it in the form of a bow so that the same article can be used either as a hair ornament in itself, or as a ribbon holder. The back can be ornamented to any desired extent, engraved, inlaid, or provided with any other kind of ornamentation. It can of course be made of celluloid, horn, or any character of material.

For the purpose of holding it in position this back member is provided with a retaining bar B pivoted to it at one end and adapted to be secured to it at the other end by projecting under a catch 0 cemented to the inner surface of the back member A. This retaining bar is bow-shaped, that is, it is concave on the inner side at the center, but its ends curve reversely. On. its inner surface it is provided with a row of comb teeth 5. These preferably are arran ed in the plane of the bar, which, preferably, is stamped out of a fiat sheet of stock, and as they are located on the concave surface, they converge slightly toward each other at their points. Furthermore they are located only along the center and along the concave part of the bar. This leaves the ends free so that they can come close to the ends of the back member A.

When the device is applied to a braid of hair the retaining bar is swung inwardly on its pivots bringing the retaining teeth into the hair and insuring that they shall enter it for a considerable distance. The result is that they firmly hold the article on the braid, and particularly prevent tipping as they enter it at different distances from its center. Furthermore the teeth prevent the device being moved sidewise in its own plane on the braid and getting the braid into the space between one end of the bar and the corresponding end of the back member, and yet there is suflicient room for the braid on account of the diverging shape of the back member and bar at their centers. In this way the device constitutes an important improvement over the structures known in this art.

Although I have illustrated and descrlbed only a single form of the invention, I am aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claim. Therefore I do not Wish to be limited to all the details of construction herein shown, but what I do claim is- As an article of manufacture, a braid binder comprising a back member and a retaining bar connected thereto, located in a plane transverse to the plane of said back member and having hair engaging means projecting toward said back member at a 10 short distance therefrom for holding the same pressed against and in position on a braid, said back member having a pair of transverse passages at its opposite ends for receiving a ribbon. 15

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

JOHN PHILIP LEGERE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

